Rail-joint.



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l l um. Jam. PPLIOTIOH FILED NOV.24, 1908.

` Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

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CHARLES E. BISER, OF SELMA, WILLIAM W. MCCRAE LND VJOHN E. MCCIR'AIE,` OF

` BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.. y

BAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be 1t known that, we, CHARLES E. Brenn, Hunan lV. McCann, and JOHN E. MC- Cittn, all citizens of the United States,

Cnitanns lf). Biel-ia residingr in Selma, in the l county of Dallas and State of Alabama, and

lVILLiAM YV. McCann and JOHN E. MCCRAE joints, and consists in certain novel const-rnctions and Combinationsl of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings forming a part. hereof, Figure l is a perspective view of the joint; Fia. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3 Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. l is a detail 4perspective view of one of vthe Chairs or bed plates, and

Fig. 5 is a perspretive View through a joint. provided with lish plat-es.

ln therpresent. embodiment of the invention, the. rails have. a portion of the tread A and a Corresponding portion of the base H, cnt-away a; ai B, the cnt-away portion extending longitudinally of the rail a sufficient distance to form a good joint, and extending transversely of the tread approximately half the, Width thereof. liie ends of the cntl away portion are rounded somewhatas at o,

and the. webS C ot' the. rails are oil-.set laterally throughouttbe extent of the joint. to overlap, aseiearly shown in Fig. is'. and the ends of the wel are beveled as at n. The Webs are also I'wrforated transversely for receiving: boit: r, whereby to Heeure the webs together, ai.y 't if desired, tiah plates E may he arranged .i each side of the overlapping webs.

Cha-irs G srioivn io lfig. 4 are arranged at each end ofv he joint, each chair comprising a flat bottom plate y, provided at one end with an overlying tlangc g', and at the other end with a transverse series: of openings 1/2 for receiving a spike. A chair is arranged transversely of the rail at. each end of the joint as shown-in Figs.v 1 and i2, the ond ot Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

Application ilcd November 24, 1908. Serial No. 464,235.

the joint being at approximately Ithe' center of the chair, and the overlying flange overlying the. base H of the rail. Each end of the joint is spaced to rest upon a tie, with a chair thereunder, and a spike is passed through one of the openings g2, the head of the s ike engaging the hase of the rail in the nsua manner.

A joint arranged as set forth will be very strong, firm, and safe and will be practically noisel'ess insuring smooth running of the roller stock, and eliminating jar, thus adding to the comfort of the traveler, and also to the life of the rail and the road bed.

Vire, claim:

l. A rail joint. composed of rails having the tread and the base, eut away on one side and tlie web ott-set tlironghont the extent of the eut-awa portion, wherrebv *e overlap the web of the other rail, said v. 3 abutting closely against each other beim@y transversely perforated. bolts traversing the perfor-ations for securing the webs together; and a chair or bed plate at eaeb end of the joint, eaeh of said chairs eonsistinpr of a base plate adapted to lie transversely of the rail and provided at one end with an overlyingr lange and at the other with a transverse series of spike openings. v

The rail joint substantially as h-rein deseribed. eomposed of adjoining rails having at their meeting ends the tread and the base ent awa)Y on one side of eaeh of the meeting rails and having the ent away portions lapping side b v side and having the remaining web portion oil-set throughout the extent of the ent away portion and having the base portions and the tread portions along the ont away portion of the rails adapted loeonibine to forni the tread and the. haw of the lapped portions ofthe 1'ails.bolts securing the lapped portions of tbe webb` together. and chair plates at the opposite' -gl f 955,750

juncture therewith kof its, cut away portion, site the hooks all substantially as and for l the said chairs being provided with their the purposes set forth. v

hooked portions on one side of the rails at one end of the la ped joint and with the WILL. W. MCCRAE. 5 hooked ortion o the other chair on the JOHN E. MCCRAE. 1 f other si e of the rail at the opposite end of Witnesses:

the lapped portion and fastening means for E. Roman-s, Jr.,V securing the said chairs at their ends oppo- WM. O; HAGERTY. i

CHARLES E. BISER. A 

